A trustee for a real estate company requested last week that a firm with ties to U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin be declared in default of a $14.6 million debt and for someone to be appointed to oversee the firm temporarily.

Seven years ago, Karen Gorrell sat on a couch in Ravenswood, crying and feeling defeated after she and hundreds of other former Century Aluminum employees lost their health care and retirement benefits.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A coal company run by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family has sued two Kentucky regulators individually, claiming they’re to blame for the company’s reclamation delays that could result in $4.5 million in fines.